Zika Virus

January 22 ¨C September 29, 2017

At a glance

ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to support the Zika Virus response on January 22, 2016.

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About the Response

ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activated for the Zika response on January 22, 2016, to assist state, tribal, local, and territorial jurisdictions with a wide range of response activities.

These activities included:

  • tracking the spread of Zika virus and other mosquito-borne viruses in the United States and around the world
  • training disease detectives to find and report Zika cases
  • teaching healthcare providers how to identify Zika
  • educating the public about the virus
  • testing samples for Zika and providing laboratories with diagnostic test

There were:

  • 42,798 cases
  • 195 countries affected
  • 2,663 responders
  • 852 field responders
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